The Abilene Regional Airport is stationing one large air tanker. Air tankers play a key role in helping firefighters on the ground battle wildfires. "So this is an RJ85, it is a large air tanker ...

A ladder propped against the Avro RJ85 air tanker is the only way into the plane. "Hunter", owned and operated by Canadian company Conair Aerial Firefighting, has been stripped down to strictly ...